Scissors sharpener



Get. 16, 1923 1,471,136

- A. BORLEIS SCISSORS SHARPENER Filed June 13. 1922 Patented ()ct. 16, 1923Q Tenl i lwmitmay canteen: Be it known'that I, -Aoous'r 'BonLnlsyia,

. Applicationlsfiledriime 13 Y citizen of-the United. lStates "residing .at

Raspebur y in the city .of Baltiinore and State of Maryland, have inventedfcertain new and useful Improvements in Scissors.

, Sharpeners; and I do hereb-y declarethe:

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following. to be a full, clean andflexact description of .the invention, such as' will enable others skilled in the art to'which it aPPGrtains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to scissors sharp- Among the objects of my invention are To provide a scissors sharpener'eapable 'of producing afine cutting edge without the use ofabras1ve-materials. 1 p Toproduce a SClSSOIS sharpener which tion.

To produce a scissors sharpener thatsliall be small, simple, cheap andof such nature that it comports withthe' other a ladys work basket.

These andother objects of my invention will become apparent in the following specicontents of fication, reference being'had to the acconrpanying drawings,.and-the .means by which said objects are efl'ectuated will be definitely pointed out in the claims.

In thedrawingsP- v I Figure '1 is a side vlew of a pair ofscis T sors showing my improved sharpener in one of the posltions' it assumes during the sharpener when viewed in-the direction of and places the offsetlO as eloseto the screw line 2-2 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow.

"sharpening operation.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section along the Fig. 3, is an enlarged view of my-improvedthe arrow 3 in Fig. 2, the scissors blades being omitted.

5 is the body of my improved sharpener. Said body is provided with a face 6 against a which the flat inner surface of the scissors j ing operation. as

blade? bears during the sharpening opera-i 'tion'. Said bodyis also provided with a point Bagainst which the outer surface 0'5 the scissors blade 9 rests during the'sharpen- 1 2g.:;.;enl ges. mm..' i

pro imately tliesameangl togth s irgt; ob

a th ang in uded tewee names surfaces ofithe blades and 9*and their cutting surfaces. acent the surfaces 11 pleaseWe st-essay as I and 12,clearance grooves 13 and l liare proi v vided for" a purposehereinafter explained.

@The portions ofl'the sides 15 fi ale r 'i the Sharpener to the left of the dotted line aresubst antially fiat, the'portion of the 1 side 15 to the right'of said line is convex said concavity being provided'jfor the re ceptionpf the operator- 'IInithe thumb ofthe left hand of the in shapegand the portion of the side 16 to I the rightof said line'isconcave inshape;

drawings l have showngthelgeneral contour of my improved sharpener to be," V:

circulariand cut awayto form the surface 6, and point 8, but it is to be understood that the general contour'maybe of any desired shape, provided the parts heretofore described be shaped and located as set forth.

I have also shown a hole therein which is upon a string.

n 'Fig. 2' r it is to beunderstood that ityis to be so for the "purposeofmounting the sharpener shaped when designed for usewith ordinary i scissorsand'snips. If it'is tofbe used with I left hand snips, thefangularity of the oifset would either befreversed or when applied' to the left hand snipsthe concave side would be placed'away from the handle thereof instead of towardthe handle asin Fig; l.

' lVI-y improved sharpener ispreferably made of hardened steel.

The manner of use of my improved sharpener is as folloWs:

The operator grasps the sharpener be- .tween the thumb and first two fingers of "his left hand withthe face 16 towards him.

He then widely opens the blades 6 and 7 joining the blades as; possible. He then. presses the handles of the scissors together [and at thesame time moves the sharpener I towards thepoints of the blades. This motion penes the cutting edge of the scissors I and makes a sharp shearing edgethereupon;

flThus it will be seenthat Lprovide a simple," cheap" and efiicient' -scissors",sharpener this isforpurp oses of i11ustrati0non1y,'for ohanges maybe ihade therein without departing from the spirit of my invention. 7 I claim z- I q j N r r 1. In ascissors sharpener, ';the combinalocated with; reference-to: said; device that U whenthejthumb 'ofthe left ha is appiied to said side, said device Will be in the proper location for" the application of said blades to said device. v a

2. In a scissors sharpener, a body having "a face for guiding theinside surface of one -scissors jblade, a point for guiding the outslde surface of the other scissors blade, and

an'ofi'set haying faces for sharpening said bIadesJ J l In'testimony whereof, I affii: mysi gna ture.

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